Columbus, Ohio, October 23, 2006 - Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) has announced the continuation of an agreement with the Brazilian Ministry of Education CAPES group to provide the SciFinder Scholar research tool to a consortium of universities throughout Brazil. SciFinder Scholar and the renewed agreement will be featured at a special event in connection with the Seminario Nacional de Bibliotecas Universitarias (National Seminar for University Libraries) in Salvador, Brazil, during the week of October 23.